Neonate Head Coil

The Neonate Head Coil is designed to accommodate 95^th percentile of the newborn patient population. All pre- and term neonate patient factors are addressed with ergonomic, easy to use coil design, base and pads. Coil openings are large enough to facilitate imaging of patients with the dolicocephalic condition and placement of tubes for intubation. Owing to its smaller size (high filling factor), roughly twice the SNR enhancement at the coil center is seen with the Neonate Head Coil over the standard OEM head coil. This SNR enhancement is achieved without significantly compromising RF uniformity. In fact, a high level of RF uniformity is seen over the entire brain. The high SNR and the high level of RF uniformity makes this coil ideal for volumetric imaging applications (such as MRI, MRA, DWI and MRS) of the brain and intracranial vasculature.

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Two packages; stand-alone and incubator system compatible versions are available.

The stand-alone Neonate Head Coil package includes the coil, a base for support and the following pads and straps for patient comfort and immobilization:

• Head Rest (thick, thin)
• End Cap
• Wedges (three size pairs)
• Body Pad (thick, thin)
• Forehead Straps (two)

The Neonate Head Coil (inclusive of pads) is available as a standard package with the Incubator System manufactured by our European partner, Lammers Medical Technology LMT, Germany. For details about this incubator system, please see the MR Compatible Incubator page.

The Neonate Head Coil is compatible to GE, Siemens and Philips 1.5T MR systems. 0.7 and 3.0T developments are works in progress.